The Dummy

8.0 1929 60 min
Comedy Mystery

The title character is office-boy Barney. Pretending to be a deaf-mute, Barney tries to trump his detective boss Walter Babbing by tracking down the person who kidnapped Peggy Meredith, the daughter of wealthy Agnes and…

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Director
Robert Milton
Writer
Herman J. Mankiewicz

Cast

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Ruth Chatterton Agnes Meredith
Fredric March Trumbull Meredith
John Cromwell Walter Babbing
Fred Kohler Joe Cooper
Mickey Bennett Barney Cook
Vondell Darr Peggy Meredith
Jack Oakie Dopey Hart
Zasu Pitts Rose Gleason
Richard Tucker Blackie Baker
Eugene Pallette Madison

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